Cotton is by far the main crop, although rice production has increased significantly in the last several years.

(though the Uzbek government discourages rice production near to deserts, over water usage concerns) There are also many orchards and vineyards, melon and gourd plantations and potato fields.

Khorezm is a place where many famous scholars were born, such as Abu Rayhan Biruni and al-Khwārizmī.

People in Khorezm speak in Khorezmian, which is an Oghuz dialect of Turkic Languages that is different from Karluk (in which most of other Uzbek regions' people speak) The Region consists of 11 districts (listed below) and two district-level cities: Urgench and Khiva.

[1][3] There are 3 cities (Urgench, Khiva, Pitnak) and 56 urban-type settlements in the Khorazm Region.